Mumbai: BKC police arrests 22-year-old man accused of raping minor

Mumbai: The Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) police arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl at her residence earlier this week. The accused also threatened her with a knife and stole cash and gold jewellery from her residence.

With the rough description given by the victim and through their human intelligence, the police were able to nab the accused from Bandra on Friday night.

On Tuesday, the mother of 10-year-old girl lodged a complaint with the BKC police. In her complaint, she stated that her daughter was alone at home when the incident happened.

According to the police, the accused had an intention to rob someone’s house and he randomly chose the girl’s house. Upon finding her alone, the man threatened her with a knife and robbed Rs 15000 cash and gold jewellery including a chain, ring and earrings from the house.

He then sexually assaulted the girl and before leaving warned her of dire consequences if she opens her mouth. He then locked the house from outside. The police further informed that the minor’s mother found the door locked from outside and became suspicious. As she calmed her traumatised daughter, the girl narrated entire incident to her mother.

The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police are on the lookout for a man aged between 25-30 years old, who allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl. The man, who is yet to be identified, forced himself into the girl's house with a knife in Bandra (East).

"Initially, the police was informed about the robbery incident. But when the cops reached the spot, the victim informed them about the sexual assault on her. Accordingly a case under sections of Rape, Robbery and POCSO Act was registered by the police," said a police officer.

Deputy Police Commissioner (Zone 8), Anil Kumbhare said, "Four teams were formed to locate and nab the accused in the matter. Since it was a case of minimum clues, the officials did a log of leg work in the vicinity and used human intelligence network to detect the case."

After getting a few clues from the victim, the cops prepared a sketch of the accused and learned about that the whereabouts of him. Accused, Sherali Shaikh, had been previously arrested by the Kherwadi police last year, in a robbery case and was out on bail, the police further informed.

"He had secured bail a few days ago after being in jail for 11 months. After his arrest, the accused was produced before a court on Saturday and has been remanded in police custody till September 21. The police have recovered a gold chain from him which was robbed from the victim’s house," the officer added.